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I wanted to have this perfect letter written out to you – this concoction of love and inspiration and truth all mixed into one – words you would treasure for a lifetime. Yet, looking into your beautiful eyes and knowing your lovely hearts on this very first day of being teenagers, I’m at a loss. […]

Today was our first day of school for the year. We’ve got first, second, fourth, sixth, and seventh grades going on at out home. And I’m barely able to believe the words in the previous sentence are true. I find it this incredibly beautiful mixture of happy-sad. Oh, I am so grateful for a God […]

What words could I express to my daughter on her eighth birthday? Oh, sweet Love, there are no words to truly convey all that I long for you to know. But with happy tears streaming down (because how is it possible that it’s been eight years already!?) I humbly scratch out a smidgen of my […]

Half a dozen years ago we held this beauty for the first time. Who knew that our love could multiply so much that day after celebrating the years of marriage & love & time & faithfulness!? But just after the sun shone brightly that June morning our precious Ariya Faith was born. And this sweet […]

It’s been fifteen years with this man I love, and he just keeps stealing my heart. Oh, I love him and our life together – the everyday, ordinary, digging in the dirt together moments, & the wonder of watching our children getting older and us getting older too. I love you, Gabe – your heart, […]

A summer’s worth of days spent in these words scratched out centuries ago, and I know my heart won’t ever be the same. It was this awe-filled glory found in moments carved out and tucked in between picnics and pillow forts and that mountain of laundry. And though the pages in my Bible have turned, […]

It has been an exciting time reading Colossians with our family! As we reach “the end” I’m thrilled to look back and see all the fun that we’ve had as little seeds of truth have been planted into the hearts of our children. From shaving cream on mirrors to painting upside down to finding hidden […]

If you’re like me, you long to have a family that loves God and ACTS like it. I want to be godly and do things right, yet sometimes I get things so mixed-up. Like the times when I get sucked into Pinterest and find that most awesome Thanksgiving craft that I should have started three […]

Whenever someone talks about fun family {Bible} time activities at our house, the time when we dirtied up clean white onesies of unsuspecting stuffed animals is ALWAYS mentioned. Our kids can’t help but remember the ketchup and dirt and barbeque sauce they smeared on as we talked about the dirtiness (sin) in their hearts… and […]

It has been a crazy week. My to-do list was piled high… laundry just had to be done… and children seemed to need extra love and care. A sweet three-year old was found hiding out in the bathroom putting every band-aide left in the box on her little legs… make-up all over the floor… hair-cutting […]

Some of you may be wondering why we take the time to do various Family {Bible} Time activities in our home. Today I was reminded why. It was so, so simple. But, this one simple lesson helped me remember that these fun, quick (yet profound and biblical) activities are just one way that we instruct […]

I don’t know what it is about treasure hunts, but our kids LOVE them- Every. Single. Time. Maybe it’s the yearning in each one of our hearts for that special most precious treasure. Maybe it’s the desire God gives us to keep seeking and searching until we find it. There is no greater treasure that […]

This week I’ve been struck by how much I need Jesus. And my kids need Jesus. As I read through the next section in Colossians, I have been in awe of the beautiful picture the words display of Christ’s incredible work on the cross. And how He came to rescue me. My kids. You. Your […]

Prayer is something near and dear to my heart. Something I am continually growing in, and something I want my children to fall in love with. There are few things that tug on my heartstrings more than hearing the prayers of my precious three-year old… “Dear Jesus… Dear Jesus… Dear Jesus… ummm… ummm. Fank You […]